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gun·sel (g

n. Slang

A hoodlum or other criminal, especially one who carries a gun.

[Perhaps alteration (influenced by gun) of Yiddish gendzl, gosling, diminutive of gandz, goose, from Middle High German gans, from Old High German; see ghans- in Indo-European roots.]

gunsel [ˈgʌns^əl]

n US slang

1. a catamite

2. a stupid or inexperienced person, esp a youth

3. a criminal who carries a gun

[probably from Yiddish genzel; compare German ganslein gosling, from gans goose¹]

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